Chapter Nineteenth: Better to be a ghost who dies from being full

  It seems like nothing's wrong, so Butterfly Princess quickly puts on a smile again and continues to fawn over Li Mu. Xue Leng Yu's heart is cold as she holds the plate of what looks like delicious pastries, following closely behind the handsome guy called Shu Li as they head out.

  Shu Li walked out of the Butterfly Princess's courtyard and headed towards Maple Garden. He could hear Xue Leng Yu's footsteps quietly following behind him, this girl was probably scared stiff. Thinking about Xue Leng Yu's expression when she showed her face earlier, Shu Li couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile on his normally calm face, he turned his head to take a look at Xue Leng Yu's current expression.

  At first, Xue Lengyu was walking behind Shu Li with her head down and a tray in hand, feeling hopeless. As she walked, she felt that death wasn't so scary after all, and her fear dissipated. With the fear gone, her stomach started growling again, and she couldn't help but stare at the pastries in her hand.

  This thing doesn't know what kind of pastry it is, made into a triangular shape, crispy and crunchy. It emits a faint fragrance, although Xue Lengyu can't distinguish what flavor it is, but his saliva still can't help but almost flow out.

  Xue Lengyu secretly raised her head and saw that Shu Li was leading the way in front without looking back. She couldn't help but grab a piece of pastry and quickly stuffed it into her mouth.

  In a casual glance back, he caught Xue Lengyu staring at him with wide eyes, sneaking a peek while stuffing pastry into his mouth.

  "Cough...cough...cough..." Xue Lengyu hadn't expected Shi Li to suddenly turn around, and this sudden movement made him choke violently. He stood up straight and patted his chest vigorously.

  The smile in his eyes grew thicker, and he looked at Xue Lengyu, who had finally managed to calm himself down, before saying: "Your guts are really not small. At this time, you still have the mood to eat."

  Xue Lengyu swallowed the pastry and smiled at Shuli: "Is that so, Big Brother Shuli? Can I ask, what will the Prince do with me?"

  "You don't even know how you'll end up yourself, yet you're still eating so heartily?" Shu Li said coldly. This woman, is she brainless or just too cunning?

  Xue Lengyu forced out a flattering smile: "I don't know, but I think the prince is kind and benevolent, he shouldn't blame me for my unintentional mistake. Shu Li big brother, what do you say?"

  "Call me Shuli." Shuli said calmly.

  "Oh." Xue Lengyu understood that Shu Li didn't want to get too close, so he honestly said: "I'm not that bold, it's just that this was given to me by the king, even if I die, I have to finish eating before I die. If I don't die, then I'll have to eat more to continue serving the king."

  She gave Xue Lengyu a cold glance for half a moment, and Xue Lengyu was so frightened that he became numb. He simply stuffed another piece of pastry into his mouth. Thinking about what he had just said, he himself felt persuasive, and the worst result would be death. Even if he died, he wanted to die with a full stomach.

  It was unexpected that Xue Lengyu would start eating again under his gaze, and he couldn't help but feel a little defeated. But what Xue Lengyu said was also right, thinking about it, someone who wasn't even afraid of death, what words could intimidate her? Moreover, using words to scare a young girl, this kind of thing, he didn't bother doing either.

  Shu Li stood still, not moving, and Xue Lengyu couldn't help it anymore. He ate one, then another, and another, feeling almost full. Only then did he raise his head to look at Shu Li: "Let's go."

  "You will regret it." Shu Li gave Xue Leng Yu a complex look, dropped the sentence and turned to leave.

  "Regret?" Xue Lengyu repeated Shu Li's words, smiling self-deprecatingly as he followed in his footsteps.

  If she had to say what she regretted, Xue Lengyu only regretted why she was so infatuated with crossing over back then, and regretted that stormy night, why she stood on the balcony.

  Xue Lengyu followed Shu Li back to Fengyuan and walked into a small house next to the main building.

  Is this a special treatment for disobedient subordinates? Xue Lengyu muttered to herself, seeing Shu Li's cold and icy expression, she didn't dare ask more. Why are all the handsome guys unlovable?

  Open the door and enter the room, this is a very simple room, with simple tables, chairs, benches, and a bed in the back. The quilt on the bed is very plain. However, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like an interrogation room.

  "You will live here from now on." Shuli said.

  "Me?" Xue Lengyu was taken aback: "Is this my house?"

  "This row is all for the lower-ranking servants, but since you were sent by the princess, you have a single room to yourself. Sometimes the master goes out, and on days when he's in the mansion, get up early in the morning and wait outside his door to attend to him. As one of his personal maids, do you understand that you need to be at his beck and call?"

  Xue Lengyu hastily nodded: "Got it."

  With these words of entrustment, a huge stone in Xue Lengyu's heart finally fell to the ground. It seemed that this small life was saved. Otherwise, why would he need to hand over future work?

  Shu Li continued, "I have one more thing to remind you, now that you are the prince's personal maid, focus on serving him well and don't have any other thoughts. If the prince takes a liking to you and brings you into his chambers, he will naturally make arrangements for you."

  "Yes, I know." Xue Lengyu responded: "Be honest and down-to-earth. Don't worry, sir, after you get to know me for a longer time, you'll find that I'm really an absolutely honest and simple person who only wants to be a maid in the Wang Manor, with no thoughts of being overly ambitious."

  Xue Lengyu really wanted to give Bai Shu a big white eye, thinking that all women want to climb onto Wang Ye's bed? If she just wanted to live a good life, then at the time she would have already grabbed hold of Murong Haoxuan and returned to the Murong estate. Why bother cutting off her hair and squeezing into the Murong estate as a lowly maid?

  Can't see through Xue Lengyu's words, whether they are true or false. Shu Li didn't mind and said: "The king has something to do today and will only return at night. You don't need to serve for the time being. Just stay in the house and someone will bring food over later."

  "Eat?" Xue Lengyu was taken aback: "Even maidservants receive such good treatment."

  "Since the prince ordered me to bring you for breakfast, can I not give it to you?" In Shu Li's eyes, a hint of smile flashed: "However, according to the rules of the palace, giving food is different from bringing someone."

  Xue Lengyu nodded in understanding. Even if the Wang Fu was wealthy and powerful, it still had a large group of employees to support. Providing food wasn't a problem, but if each person took some back home, the burden would be heavy.

  "It's settled." Shu Li Dao said: "You're on your own then."

  Xue Lengyu disliked hearing the most was "mind your own business", as if he didn't know how high the sky and thick the earth were, but he also didn't dare to refute Shu Li.

  Although she didn't know what Shu Li's exact identity was, at the very least, she was one of Li Mu's trusted subordinates. Wanting to harm her would be as easy as pinching a little ant to death.

  Xue Lengyu wouldn't be stupid enough to think that in this era, human life is that important.